SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – Shirley Sotloff, the mother of American journalist Steven Sotloff who is being held captive by Isis militants, makes a plea for the Islamist group to release her son. Sotloff directly addresses Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and says that having studied Islam, she understands the religion ‘teaches that no individual should be held responsible for the sins of others’